Implosion of the tories. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by my most intellectual panel, former conservative mp and commentator paul goodman, and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me at gb news. Com but now its what youve all been waiting for. The news of the day with sophia wenzler. Jacob. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. In an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. He replied there wont be an election on that day. Previously, hes been reluctant to make a definitive statements about the general election,
Saying only that its his working assumption. It will take place in the second half of the year. Michael place in the second half of the year. Michael gove place in the second half of the year. Michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. See described as neo nazi. See todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether some groups should be marginalised or blocked from pubuc marginalised or blocked from public funding. But michael gove insists its not about silencing those with private and peaceful beliefs. Beliefs. We have to be clear eyed about the threat we face, precise about where that threat comes from and rigorous in defending our democracy. That means upholding freedom of expression, religion and belief when they are
government. these are testing times for our country. our in a dangerous date right now. people are being hit by a tory cost of living crisis which these energy bills for, petrol and food prices skyrocket and the food budget stretched to breaking point. in this election, we offered a vision that was positive, full of hope and aspiration, guided by the principle that politics should be based on creating a better country for us all. country for us all. and now auoin country for us all. and now going straight country for us all. and now going straight over - country for us all. and now going straight over to - country for us all. and now. going straight over to tiverton and honiton because we are about to get the result from the returning officer. i. the returning officer. i, richard the returning officer. i, richard youngman, being the returning officer do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the set election is as follows: donahue morg
The month of may, by without the Prime Minister. Other Party Leaders go head to head as the latest polls show labour closing the gap on the conservatives ahead of the june 8th election. The Russian Central Bank governor tells cnbc exclusively that there is room for Interest Rates to go lower. We cut our Interest Rates. I think we have room for easing more. The base of this easing will depend on the economic situation. Glad youre with us on this thursday morning. Lets get straight to eurozone Economic Data in the form of eurozone manufacturing pmi, surging in may as new orders mount up. We have the may final factory reading at 57, the strongest in over six years. Were seeing from the report that inflationary pressures have stayed strong. Euro dollar not acting too much to this. Off by 0. 1 at 112. 31. The italian pmi falling back in may versus april. The french number pulling back from sixyear highs. The german number once again was quite strong. Lets look at the European Markets. The f
Scher. Alix and David Cameron is about to be questioned by Parliament Members over the future of britain. First, we want to take a look at the second day of relief rally. It seems like the cat is still dead and bouncing. Jon it is a day of gains, but the Prime Minister has started to speak. Lets take a listen to Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron iter expressed the you ks condolences and to offer assistance. Details are emerging, but we stand as one in our defiance against these barbaric acts. This week marks the centenary of the battle, and there will be a moment of silence on tuesday morning. I will be speaking at a memorial near the battlefield. It is right that the country pauses for the sacrifices of those who lost their lives during that conflict. I shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Carmichael . May i associate myself with the condolences to all those who have been affected by these dreadful attacks in istanbul . He has served this country. It alone, not done a